dieseltaylor Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Deer Trail, Colorado (population 600 or so) is to vote on a local ordinance that would allow drone hunting licenses and bounties for shooting down UAVs, according to ABC affiliate KMGH-TV. Those with a valid drone hunting license will be rewarded US$100 if they present "identifiable parts" of UAVs "known to be owned or operated by the United States federal government," the draft ordinance states. "We do not want drones in town," local Phillip Steel, who came up with the draft, tells KMGH-TV. "They fly in town, they get shot down." If passed, the ordinance would see one-year drone hunting licenses sell for $25, and there's talk of a novelty drone-hunting festival to boost tourism. To Steel it's a serious issue, however. "This is a very symbolic ordinance. Basically, I do not believe in the idea of a surveillance society, and I believe we are heading that way." The town board is set to vote on the ordinance on Aug. 6. See KMGH-TV's report for the full story. Source: KMGH-TV 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Some unmanned projects from Lockheed Martin. Not just flying drones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 drone crashes into crowd http://www.suasnews.com/2013/08/24622/drone-crashes-into-crowd-at-great-bull-run/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Demonstration of cutting edge use of algorithms in flight control. Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Texas limits drone usage from civilians: http://rt.com/usa/texas-drones-new-rules-876/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Spysats for Everyone - Swarms of small, orbiting cameras are coming. To watch. Texas limits drone usage from civilians: http://rt.com/usa/texas-drones-new-rules-876/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 Yes, banning the low flying small drones is not enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Folk for instant reccie on their neighbours can still stick a camera on a long pole 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Horse of tomorrow - Boston Dynamics Wildcat: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 drone crashes into crowd http://www.suasnews.com/2013/08/24622/drone-crashes-into-crowd-at-great-bull-run/ Like I said: ...if, sometime in the near future, someone misflies their livestreaming-webcam-fitted mini-UAV and crashes it into my face... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Say that to the low flying cop.... Florida police use motorised paragliders "We can see a lot from the air and it's an easy and inexpensive way to bring aerial search capabilities to everyday law enforcement," said Lt Eakins. "By being more visible from the air than on the ground, we hope our aerial presence will also be a deterrent." Like I said: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Say that to the low flying cop.... "Our agency is pretty innovative, we like to think out of the box and experiment with new ideas. The more we fly these paragliders, the more uses we'll find for them" Sure they will find more uses for Operation Sore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Robot gorilla - new kind of motion, more like humans because it uses a flexible spine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Robot gorilla - new kind of motion, more like humans because it uses a flexible spine This is the T-800 Terminators great grand father. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Robots *are* getting closer to Terminator capabilities. Some pretty impressive videos about keeping balance here. And then stuff about Wildcat. In WW2 they used horses and mules to help carrying things in difficult terrain. In the last video you see Wildcat doing the same. http://phys.org/news/2013-10-boston-dynamics-atlas-wildcat-sprints.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Unmanned helicopter Fire Scout MQ-8C, first flight Oct 31th and an earlier model copter in weapon test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Self driving cars development seems quick. Now a self driving Audi is participating Pike's Peak race that has so far been challenging for human drivers. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february1/shelley-pikes-peak-020310.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Robot herding cattle http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24955943 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Would you harm a robot? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131127-would-you-murder-a-robot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Can't watch that vid from UK :-( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25136068 Drones used to try to smuggle contraband into jail Drones appear to have become the latest tool for those wishing to smuggle contraband into prisons. Four people have been arrested after a remote-controlled helicopter was allegedly used to fly tobacco into Calhoun state prison, Georgia. Prison officers noticed the device hovering over the prison yard and alerted the police. A similar attempt in Canada has led a prison officers' union to call for tighter security in jails …. It follows a similar attempt at the weekend in a prison in Canada. A drone was spotted flying over the Gatineau jail in Quebec on Sunday. Guards there failed to find either the device, its payload or those flying it. Remote-controlled flying devices are becoming the tool of choice for those determined to smuggle in contraband, Stephane Lemaire, president of Quebec's correctional officers' union, tod the Ottawa Sun. "Usually the drones are carrying small packages of drugs or other illicit substances," he said. "Now that drones are relatively cheap to buy, they've become the best way to smuggle drugs inside," he added. He said that the union had put pressure on the government to bolster security to deal with the new methods. Drones, more usually associated with the military, are increasingly being used in civilian life to make small deliveries, from pizzas to vital medicines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Found a way round it http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=27970 I think I'd get upset about my Mac if it came to any harm! Quite a bit invested in it - data, memories, games & battlefront log-ins etc.!! Would you harm a robot? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131127-would-you-murder-a-robot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Drones used to try to smuggle contraband into jail The arms race continues. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 About that contraband: Now that Amazon and other companies have announced planning a drone based order delivery system, I wonder if they check the address where your order should be shipped? Can you order delivery to any address whether you live there or not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 And it may be that drone parcels will start first in China 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 i'd have thought in China with their population surely a bicycle delivery system in a city would be more efficient. With a drone how does it ensure it is delivered to the intended recipient - how would a drone cope with a block of flats? - do customers have to dash to the roof and wait for delivery…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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